Star Wars One-Shots

Traitor of Dawn

Author's Note: This is basically a mixture of our head canons and possible theories with what was going on behind the scenes in The Wrong Jedi arc. Really, there's no way Barriss could have done everything on her own. She had to be conspiring with someone, even if it didn't happen exactly the way it did in this one-shot. Anyway, let us know what you think about the story! =D 

~ Tirana Sorki

Also, this was written partially at the prompting of loldelegate on ff.net. :P

~ Amina Gila

Barriss Offee struggles with her faith in the Jedi Order and speaks with Ahsoka Tano about their beliefs in the aftermath of her bombing of the Temple. In the background, Sidious nudges events into motion as he sees fit.

There is no emotion, there is peace.

Peace? The very notion itself is ridiculous. The galaxy is completely torn apart by war. Where is there any peace? In anyone or anywhere?

There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.

If there was actually something other than ignorance in the galaxy, maybe it wouldn't be in such a terrible state. And maybe the Jedi wouldn't have fallen so far from their path like they have.

There is no passion, there is serenity.

What Jedi have serenity these days? So many of them are possessed with a passion to win the war, no matter what the cost. A war that they should be focusing on stopping instead of continuing to fight.

There is no chaos, there is harmony.

Harmony? That's a laugh. There's nothing but chaos everywhere you look now. Planet after planet torn apart by the war, the clones and Jedi dying constantly, and innumerable civilian casualties who happen to get in the way.

There is no death, there is the Force.

Well, try telling that to the relatives who have needlessly lost people in the war and see what they have to say.

Meditating is something that's always came easily to her, but not right now. Barriss Offee finally stands up, moving to look out the viewport at the darkness of space outside the cruiser. Her cruiser now since she was recently Knighted.

The Jedi were supposed to be peacekeepers, not soldiers, as Windu had said only days before authorizing practically two hundred Jedi to their deaths on Geonosis, starting the Clone Wars.

They're all losing their way, and even the Council is too blind to see it. She greatly respected them once, but not anymore. Especially after they faked Master Kenobi's death. It's completely against everything the Jedi stood for. Sure, it may have been 'necessary', but it was deceitful. It was morally wrong. Before the war, they never would have gone to such extents.

She can't shake another more recent incident from her mind either. Once when she was on a mission with another Jedi, the other ordered a foolish attack that needlessly ended up getting many civilians killed. It could have been handled differently, and they probably still would have won. And even if they didn't, was protecting that small Republic base really worth all the death and destruction? Barriss had taken her complaints on the incident to the Council, but they'd been too focused on the war effort to even do anything about it.

The Order is nothing like what it once was, and every day, she seems to find herself wanting to be a part of it less and less. If the Order doesn't stop doing things like this, they will start falling beyond recovery. As a Jedi – a real, true Jedi – she won't allow that to happen, but there is nothing she can do about it. The Council won't listen to her, that much is clear.